Testing Dates

NAEP - National Assessment of Educational Process
February 26,2015 - Grade 4 will be assessed
ACCESS and ACCESS Alt (for ELL students) ACCESS: Feb. 2 – March 6, 2015 ACESS Alt: Feb. 2 - March 6, 2015ACCESS 2 Field Test: December 15, 2014 – April 10, 2015Dakota Step Science AssessmentGrades 5, 8 & 11TBD depending on award of a contract
Smarter BalanceGrades 3 – 8Feb. 23 – May 15, 2015(testing can start after 66% of the school year is completed)
Grade 11
March 30 – May 15, 2015
(testing can start after 80% of the school year is completed)


NCSCAlternate ELA & Math Assessment (SPED)
Home SchoolGrades 2, 4, 8 & 11
South Dakota students who receive alternative instruction are required to take a norm-referenced assessment at grades 2, 4, 8 and 11. The South Dakota Department of Education provides, free of charge, the SAT10 (Stanford Achievement Test) to children who receive alternative instruction.
Contacts: Rutland School - Teri Jaspers or Sara Holmberg


For more information at the state level please contact Jan Martin at the Department of Education, (605) 773-3246.

Assessment Links provided by the State Department of Assessment
Smarter Balanced http://www.smarterbalanced.org/
NCSC http://www.ncscpartners.org/ and https://wiki.ncscpartners.org/index.php/Main_Page
WIDA/ACCESS http://www.wida.us/
South Dakota Assessment Portal https://sdap.emetric.net/Portal
NAEP http://nces.ed.gov/nationsreportcard/


Please call the school at 586-4352 if you have any questions regarding testing.